Roehlkepartain, Eugene C. Benefits of Community-Based Service-Learning. Learn and Serve Clearinghouse, Dec. 2007. Web. 16 Sep. 2010. http://www.extension.iastate.edu/NR/rdonlyres/DF970DEE-DE19-4B17-8EC9-B565B578873E/113375/Benefits_of_CommunityBased_FS_Short_FINAL_Feb08.pdf
- "Increased access to the range of supports and opportunities they need to grow up healthy, caring, and responsible" pg. 1
- "Increased sense of self-efficacy, as young people learn that they can impact real social challenges, problems, and needs" pg. 1
- "Higher academic achievement and interest in furthering their education" pg. 1
- "Enhanced problem-solving skills, ability to work in teams, and planning abilities" pg. 1
- "Enhanced civic engagement attitudes, skills and behaviors" pg. 1
- "Young people are more likely to stay engaged when they feel their participation is meaningful and they can make useful contributions" pg. 1
- "Service-learning gives an intentional strategy for addressing goals for learning and personal development through civic engagement and community service" pg. 1
- "Service-learning can cultivate connections between the organizations, schools, higher education, and other community groups" pg. 1
- "Service-learning can increase program staff volunteers' level of engagement, leadership capacity, and satisfaction with their work" pg. 1
- "Service-learning reinforces effective youth development practices, providing young people with, among other things, appropriate structures, supportive relationships, opportunities to belong, positive social norms, opportunities for skill building; integration of family, school, and community efforts" pg. 1
- "The opportunity to expand their mission and reach without substantially increasing costs by engaging a cadre of competent, motivated young people" pg. 2
- "New energy, ideas, and enthusiasm as well as specialized skills that young people can bring to the organization" pg. 2
- "Increased public support and visibility in the community as young people become ambassadors for the agency in their schools, homes, and other networks" pg. 2
- "New partnerships and resources" pg. 2
- "A new generation of volunteers for their own organization or cause" pg. 2